2023 New Haulages

[43096]

The final trip abroad for the year started with flying to Berlin, then working down to Vienna via Usti nad Labem, Prague, Linz and Graz. Required locos and power cars had along the way were as below - large number of German locos as an increasing number of locos in other countries (particularly those owned by leasing companies) are registered in Germany.

Austrian registered
1016007
1116006/046/047/054/082/092/100/136/198/265
1144124/232/259/262/285
2016048/063/074/081/086/087/098

Czech registered
150224
162011/020/039/088
163234
362057
371003/015
754029/040/050/059/060

German registered
101089
112101/115/148
143194/242
146270
147004/005/019
182503
193568/569/570/571/576/577/634/638/687/690
401012/062/064/512/562/564
402016/023

Hungarian registered
471002/005

 

[KT550]

A trip to Liverpool to visit a few Merseyrail stations produced these.
This time, I did win the lottery as my last 350 turned up on my booked train from LIV to Stafford on the way home.
Onward LNR from STA was cancelled, so got a bonus Avanti 390 and arrived 10 early.

08 Nov 2023

777002​	Merseyrail	Kirkdale (KKD)	Moorfields (MRF)
777012​	Merseyrail	Moorfields (MRF)	Kirkdale (KKD)

Plus the following now cleared for 10+ miles:
319370

09 Nov 2023

156406​	Northern	Croston (CSO)	Rufford (RUF)
	.
777003​	Merseyrail	Town Green (TWN)	Ormskirk (OMS)
777011​	Merseyrail	Old Roan (ORN)	Ormskirk (OMS)	&	Maghull North (MNS)	Sandhills (SDL)
777031​	Merseyrail	Liverpool Central (LVC)	Town Green (TWN)

Plus the following now cleared for 10+ miles:
508136

10 Nov 2023

350111​	London Northwestern Railway	Liverpool Lime Street (LIV)	Stafford (STA)
	.
390107​	Avanti West Coast	Stafford (STA)	London Euston (EUS)
	.
777019​	Merseyrail	Hamilton Square (BKQ)	Liverpool Central (LVC)
777148​	Merseyrail	Sandhills (SDL)	Headbolt Lane (HBL)	&	Headbolt Lane (HBL)	Moorfields (MRF)

Plus the following now cleared for 10+ miles:
507001, 507018
508108

 

[Kite159]

11/11:
196105 (Wolverhampton - Birmingham New Street)

Cleared for a mile:
West Midlands Metro Tram 27

Another 196/1 into my book, still need to start with the 2 coach units but those are more difficult to get over ten miles as I can't use a Daytripper. Trams were chaotic around 16;30 with grouping (5 trams at Town Hall within 15 minutes with a couple getting turned back at Library)

 

[JonathanH]

Another 196/1 into my book, still need to start with the 2 coach units but those are more difficult to get over ten miles as I can't use a Daytripper.

A return from Longbridge to Bromsgrove added to a Daytripper should enable 196/0 haulage for over ten miles, although only one return journey and it doesn't help that the two diagrams follow each other. The other trick is to build in a journey from Coventry to Nuneaton or Leamington to Coventry on your way to the Midlands.

 

[Kite159]

A return from Longbridge to Bromsgrove added to a Daytripper should enable 196/0 haulage for over ten miles, although only one return journey and it doesn't help that the two diagrams follow each other. The other trick is to build in a journey from Coventry to Nuneaton or Leamington to Coventry on your way to the Midlands.

Agreed, means a hour fester in Bromsgrove with a return to Worcester to do the two diagrams linearly. Excluding the PM depot throw out (assuming that the 17:50-odd Malvern train is a 196 on a Saturday)

Annoyingly Coventry to Leamington is just shy of ten miles as that was my original theory

 

[Peter Mugridge]

02/10/23

720 136

16/10/23

68 024

195 120

802 204
802 216

11510

12728
12729
12730

12810

30/10/23

720 133
720 134

720 603
720 606
720 607
720 610
720 611
720 612

 

[TT-ONR-NRN]

02/10/23

720 136

16/10/23

68 024

195 120

802 204
802 216

11510

12728
12729
12730

12810

30/10/23

720 133
720 134

720 603
720 606
720 607
720 610
720 611
720 612

Very jealous of the six 720/6 wins Peter… Had over a hundred /5s but not gone within 100 miles of a c2c one yet!

 

[Peter Mugridge]

Very jealous of the six 720/6 wins Peter… Had over a hundred /5s but not gone within 100 miles of a c2c one yet!

Haven't you?

If all three diagrams are running, then it's easy... 16.44 Fenchurch Street to Limehouse, be at the front of the 4th carriage from the back and you're directly opposite the stairs... dash down and up to the other platform, get the first train back to Fenchurch Street and that puts you on the 17.16... repeat, and that gives you the 17.43... so half the fleet for haulage in 59 minutes...

 

[Kite159]

Although sadly doesn't help if you need things for ten miles, as I think the 2nd diagram (17:43) doesn't call at Upminster so requires an extra ticket towards Chalkwell if not further.

 

[Peter Mugridge]

Although sadly doesn't help if you need things for ten miles, as I think the 2nd diagram (17:43) doesn't call at Upminster so requires an extra ticket towards Chalkwell if not further.

That's the third diagram, not the second, and correct - it's non stop from West Ham to Laindon.

One thing haulage hunters need to be aware of is that the first diagram ( 16.44 ) is the one most likely to revert to 357s if there's any issues on the day.

 

[Kite159]

That's the third diagram, not the second, and correct - it's non stop from West Ham to Laindon.

One thing haulage hunters need to be aware of is that the first diagram ( 16.44 ) is the one most likely to revert to 357s if there's any issues on the day.

Indeed, thankfully RTT helps with that. no point dashing to Fenchurch if it's 357

I really need a half day from work to head to London for the evening peak again. This is when I miss finishing at 14;30 on Fridays (as I could be in London for 16;20 assuming I make the 14;59 train).

 

[D841 Roebuck]

14/11/2023

450032, 450067, 450121

LU
Met: 21076/21076
Dist: 21413/21414
W&C: 65509/65510 - line cleared

 

[Andy Pacer]

14/11/23

170501

 

[D6130]

15/11/2023:

FS Trenitalia E464 525

 

[D841 Roebuck]

15/11/2023
444036 (what's that up to on an Alton service?)
450003, 450117
455902 (last serviceable one I needed AFAIK)

LU: 21533/21534

(Also, for the Quail-level track-coverers, travelled "wrong line" from West Brompton to the crossover between the site of the former Battersea station and Latchmere No.2 Junction, then used the crossover to return to Left Hand Running, thanks to something breaking in the tropic of Kensington)

 

[KT550]

14 Nov 2023

Sweden

Arlanda Express
5

SL Pendeltåg (Stockholm commuter rail)
Alstom X60
6110

SL Tunnelbana (Stockholm Metro)
2023
2100
2105
2188
2256
2350

SL Spårvagn (Stockholm tram)
401
423

15 Nov 2023

London Underground (Piccadilly line)
145
212
248
875

 

[D841 Roebuck]

16/11/2023
450010, 450020
458519

 

[D841 Roebuck]

17/11/2023
172006
323213
450116

 

[D841 Roebuck]

19/11/2023
168112
172340
W Mids Tram: 40

 

[1971martin]

18/11/2023

East Lancashire Railway

25279
40012
Class 105 DMU 51485+56121

19/11/23

East Lancashire Railway

Class 144 DMU 144009

 

[AJM580]

18/11/23

NER Railcar 3170 on Great Central Railway

 

[Kite159]

18/11:
197050 [Chester - Crewe]
197105 [Shotton - Chester → Flint]
197108 [Crewe - Chester]
197109 [Chester - Shotton & Flint - Chester]

230008 [Shotton - Upton]
230010 [Bidston - Shotton]

777005 [Eastham Rake -> Hamilton Square (Via Liverpool City Loop)
777011 [Liverpool Lime Street -> Bache]
777031 [Chester -> Liverpool Lime Street]
777036 [Birkenhead North -> Leasowe (Via Liverpool City Loop)

A couple of the 2 coach 197s escaped me (197006 which got turned back at Crewe due to running late & 197043 which was on a late night Crewe - Shrewsbury train which I was toying to take to Whitchurch but it was delayed at Crewe and didn't fancy 45 minutes at Whitchurch at midnight waiting for a late running train from Birmingham]. Also had a lucky escape in not chasing down 777006 after Bache as it ran nonstop from Birkenhead to Hooton.

 

[Peter Mugridge]

13/11/23

720 601
720 605

730 007
730 010

20/11/23

720 128
720 131

720 604

 

[D841 Roebuck]

21/11/2023
378226
Bakerloo: 3543
Jubilee: 96065, 96108

 

[childwallblues]

23 November 2023

777152 Headbolt Lane-Sandhills
777020 Sandhills-Liverpool Centrsl-Sandhills

 

[TT-ONR-NRN]

24/11

197045

 

[Jez]

24/11/23

197045

67029 (HD06)

 

[Kite159]

25/11:
231003 (Heath High Level to Bargoed)

Class cleared Sadly what RTT was saying would have been 197110 turned out to be 67015 & 197045 got reallocated to work a Manchester train rather than the 10:05 Carmarthen, but hey-ho those things happen

 

[TT-ONR-NRN]

Sadly what RTT was saying would have been 197110 turned out to be 67015

I had dud 197 gen from RTT too on Thursday sadly, which was a disappointing waste of a fiver

 

[xotGD]

Sadly what RTT was saying would have been 197110 turned out to be 67015

That's a reason for celebration, not sadness!